Paul Katz, president of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC since 2010 and a 30-year veteran of the architecture firm, died on Nov. 20 of septic shock after a brief battle with colon cancer. The South African native was 57.
Katz was known for his work on mixed-use supertall buildings, including the 101-story Shanghai World Financial Center—at 492 meters, the world's fifth-tallest building—and the 118-story International Commerce Centre in Hong Kong—at 484 m, the world's sixth-tallest high-rise.